ዘሩባቤል
ጤና ይስጥልን፥ ስለአንድ ጉዳይ ወደምንወያይበትና ስለጉዳዩ ለማውራት የሚያስፈልገውን ቋንቋ ወደምናቀርብበት የEnglish Together ዝግጅት እንኳን በደህና መጡ። ዘሩባቤል እባላለሁ። አብረውኝ ደግሞ. . .

Tom
Hi everyone, I'm Tom. Welcome to today's episode, and I'm with…

Sian 
And I'm Sian! Hi everyone!     

ዘሩባቤል
ዛሬ ስለ ደሴቶች እናወራለን፤ በተለይም ስለብሪታንያ ደሴቶች። ወደ ዝግጅቱ ግብሩ ከማለፋችን በፊት ግን የዛሬው ጥያቄ ይሄው፤ የብሪታንያ አካል የሆኑ እና ሰው የሚኖርባቸው ደሴቶች ስንት ገደማ ይሆናሉ?

ሀ) ሃምሳ

ለ) መቶ

ሐ) ሁለት መቶ

Tom
I don't see why anybody would want to live outside London, to be honest.

Sian
What do you mean? Why would you say that?

Tom
Well, London, the city has everything really, doesn't it? Bright lights! Loads of shops! Huge crowds of people!

Sian
I find it all a little claustrophobic, actually.

ዘሩባቤል
'Claustrophobic' ጭንቅንቅ ወይንም እፍግፍግ ያለ ማለት ነው።  አንዳንድ የአዲስ አበባ መንገዶች እንደሚጨናነቁት ማለት ነው።

Sian
I'd say my claustrophobia comes from exactly the same things Tom was just talking about! There's just no space in the city!

ዘሩባቤል
In that case, you're probably going to be interested in today's news story. ይህ ቅንጫቢ ድምፅ የተኘው ፋርሚንግ ቱዴይ ከተሰኘው የቢቢሲ ሬዲዮ 4 መሰናዶ ሲሆን፤ የሚያወራውም በስኮትላንድ ደሴቶች መኖር እያገኘ ስለመጣው ተወዳጅነት ነው።
 
Presenter
First today, many small island communities struggle to retain their residents, but the people of Papa Westray, or Papay, as it's known locally, are fighting back. In the last census the population of this tiny Orkney island was recorded at just 90, but that's a 38 percent increase since 2001. The Papay Development Trust says that more people have moved to the island since then and the future's looking bright! The island seems to have a strong draw for outsiders. So, what's its secret?

Guest
Life in Yorkshire was too busy, very stressful. We wanted somewhere that was, for our son, freer, where he could play and have a lot more freedom outdoors and where life was simple and that we could just have a simpler, freer life.

Sian
Wow! That sounds like paradise to me.

ዘሩባቤል
'Paradise' ገነት ማለት ነው።

Tom
I mean it's more of a desert island, really, isn't it?  How many people live there? 92? It's deserted, nobody.

Sian
Well, we've just seen how the population is growing! Considering that the number of inhabitants is growing every year, I'd say they're doing pretty well!

ዘሩባቤል
'Inhabitants' ነዋሪዎች ማለት ነው። But why would anyone want to inhabit somewhere so far away?

Sian
Well, look at our current habitat! London is noisy, and busy and stressful!

Tom
Yeah, that's just how I like it! Far better than some uninhabited desert island in the sea in the middle of nowhere!

Sian
Well, I think a lot of people get tired and want to live somewhere a bit more secluded.

ዘሩባቤል
'Secluded' ርቆ ያለ፥ የተገለለ ማለት ነው። But wouldn't you get lonely, living in such a secluded place?

Sian
No, I don't think seclusion means that you need to be lonely. Imagine the sense of community you'd get with such a small set of people!

Tom
I'm not convinced. Do you know what they say? No man is an island!

ዘሩባቤል
What? What do you mean by that expression?

Tom
It means that people need company! Islands stand alone in the middle of the sea and obviously people can't do that! In fact, did you know the word 'isolated' actually comes from the Latin word for island, which is insula?

ዘሩባቤል
'Isolated' የተነጠለ፥ ብቻውን ያለ ማለት ነው። 90 people living on an island, that's really isolated, isn't it?

Sian
But that's not necessarily a bad thing! We are talking about the isolation of communities, not individuals! You'd probably benefit from a more communal way of life because people would depend on each other.

ዘሩባቤል
የሆነ ሆኖ፥ ስለደሴቶች ካወራን አይቀር የዛሬው መልመጃ መልስ ይሄው። መልሱ ሐ ነው፤ በዩናይትድ ኪንግደም ሰው የሚኖርባቸው 192 ደሴቶች አሉ።

Tom
192 islands, that's unbelievable. You see, Sian, you can take your pick!

Sian
I like the sound of the island of Papay, actually.

ዘሩባቤል
እርስዎስ? በርካታ ነዋሪዎች inhabitants' ያሉበት ቦታ ነው የሚኖሩት? ይህንም ጭንቅንቅ ወይንም እፍግፍግ የሚያደርግ claustrophobic'ሆኖ ያገኙታል? እንደዚያ ከሆነ ደሴቶች ገነት ሊሆኑልዎት ይችላሉ። ደሴቶች ርቀው የሚገኙ isolated' እና የተነጠሉ secluded' ሊሆኑ እንደሚችሉ ተነጋግረናል። Thanks for joining us and see you next week for more English Together! Bye!